Absence is to love what wind is to fire; It extinguishes the small, it kindles the great. — Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy
Absence is to love what wind is to fire; It extinguishes the small, it kindles the great.
In the original French
L'absence est à l'amour, ce qu'est au feu le vent; Il éteint le petit, il allume le grand.
1665
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De Bussy-Rabutin, Roger. Histoire Amoureuse des Gaules [Love history of the Gauls]. Cork: Editions à la Croix de Malte, 1665.
